AJ Fernandez 20th Anniversary LE 6×56

In 2003, a young Abdel Fernández left his native Cuba to take a job with the Plasencias. A year later, he—like many others before him—started his first factory in a garage.

Two decades later, AJ Fernandez’s name and work are not only all over the city of Estelí but also in the non-Cuban cigar industry. Fernández’s other big breaks came when he was able to sign on Rocky Patel and Cigars International as clients for private label brands. Today, his roster of private label clients seems easier to mention the companies he doesn’t make cigars for than the ones he does. The current list includes Altadis U.S.A., Cigars International, Espinosa Premium Cigars, Foundation Cigar Co., General Cigar Co., Gurkha, Illusione, JR Cigar and many others.

The Toro is limited to 7,500 numbered boxes, while the Humidor Belicoso is limited to 250 numbered humidors. Details like blend and release dates have not been announced. While Fernández’s first factory might have been a garage, these cigars are rolled at his palatial Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. factory in Estelí.